Improvement in seeding-machine



W. F. JESSUP.

` Seed Dropper.'

No. 86,4% i Patented Feb. 2, 1869.

'WILLIAM F. JEssUP., Or sHORmsviLLE, NEW YORK. Letters Patent No. 86,408, dated February 2, 1869.

mRovEMr-.NT IN sEEpINMACHmE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

'l'o all whom 'it may comer-n I Be it known that I,W1LL1AM F. J EssUP, of Shortsville, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Seeding-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had t'o the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is side elevation, showing the sustainingarm f.

Figure 2 is a vertical section.

The nature of this invention will be understood by reference to drawings and specifications.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

A is a metal case, made in the usual form of seeddistributers of this class.

It has lugs, y, formed o n the upper part, one in front, and the other in rear, by which it is fastened to the carryingframe. n

Ontop there is a frame, B, extending from the front tothe rear, which forms a housing or cover for the disk c.

This frame is cast in one piece with the case, and makes a cheap arrangement, which is necessary in this class of seeding-machines.

Near the bottom of the case A, a lug, c, is formed, to which the sustaining-arm f is bolted.

This sustaining-arm f extends from the lug c to. the shaft b,l (that moves the disk,) and has a round hole, through which the sha-ft b passes.

The arm f hasga projection, g, on each side, near .the

lower end, and is hollowed out on the inside, so that, when it is screwed to the case, it has three bearing'- points, one on the lug c, on the outside of the clamping-bolt h, and one at the outside of each projection y,

which rest on the edge of the case.

This allows a slightr yielding tendency to that portion of the arm, so that the upper end of the arm may, at any time, be pressed against the disk e,to hold it in place, by tightening the bolt h.

There is also tted in the hole of case A, a round thimbl or washer, a, which has a square hole, through which the driving-shaft b passes. w

This gives a healing to the shaft in the case, and steades it, as the washer or thinlble a revolves with the shaft.

The hole in the disk c, for the shaft b, is also square,

which causes it to .revolve with the shaft, by being 

